Monday, December 21, 2009

Kim Kardashian and Khole Kardashian have had their share of publicized mishaps and subsequent interventions but when physical aggression threatened to put a riff between Kardashian family members they turned to expert anger management specialist Shannon Munford.

Anger is progressive

If you have been watching Keeping up with the Kardashians on the E Network you know that the tension between Scott Disck, (Kourtney Kardashian’s boyfriend) and the Kardashian family has been building. Things erupted last week as Khole Karsdashian slapped Scott in the face.

Stress and Anger

It is obvious Khole has been under a little stress. A whirlwind romance with Lakers forward Lamar Odom culminated in a nationally- viewed televised wedding. She is now shopping for a multi-million dollar home on a mini-million dollar budget. She has to do all this while running a bi-costal clothing company (Dash) and posing for the paparazzi.

Anger and Alcohol

Everyone should have noticed Khole had a few drinks before her altercation with Scott. If you happen to be drunk during angry confrontation you may lack the ability to reason effectively. Such confrontations generally lead into acts of aggression.

Anger is not the problem

Anger is not the problem. It is what we do when we are angry that can have grave consequences. This something Kim and Khole learned while sitting in on an anger management class at Daybreak Counseling Service. We all have a right to be angry, but physical violence should be avoided at all costs.

Shannon Munford is the owner of Daybreak Counseling Service, an anger management education center in Los Angeles, California. His expertise has been invaluable to nationally televised shows such as MTV Real World Hollywood, Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club 3 and My Network TV’s Decision House. Shannon currently has a new series in the works with the production company Screen Door Entertainment. For more information contact him at 310-995-1202 or email day_breakllc@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

I GOT A WEBSITE. IF I COULD DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY I WOULD HAVE MADE SURE MY WEBSITE HAD MY “KEYWORDS” IN THE TITLE.

• WHAT ARE KEYWORDS OR KEY PHRASES? KEYWORDS ARE WHAT THE SEARCH ENGINES ARE LOOKING FOR TO CATERGORIZE YOUR SITE. MY PRIMARY KEY WORD/PHRASE IS “ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES”

• WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE? A SEARCH ENGINE IS A PORTAL IN WHICH A USER INPUTS KETWORDS TO FIND A PRODUCT, SERVICE OR INFORMAITON. THE MOST POPULAR SEARCH ENGEINES ARE GOOGLE, YAHOO, AND MSN.

• ARE ALL SEARCH ENGINES CREATED EQUAL? NO. GOOGLE IS BY FAR NUMBER 1. OPTIMIZING YOUR SITE FOR GOOGLE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU ARE OPTIMIZING YOUR SITE FOR THE OTHER TWO MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES.

• THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING I DID AFTER GETTING A WEBSITE WAS TO START USING SPONSERED PAID SEARCH. IT TOOK ME 2-3 YEARS TO GET FROM PAGE 8 OR 9 TO PAGE ONE OF GOOGLE. IF I DID NOT USE PAID SEARCH TO NARROW THE GAP.MY BUISNESS WOULD HAVE SUNK BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP.

• THE THIRD MOST IMPORTANT THING I DID WAS WATCH MY COMPETITORS. I FOUND WHO WAS AT NUMBER ONE FOR MY DESIRED KEYWORDS. THEN I GOOGLED THEIR URL AND FOUND OUT EVERYWHERE THEIR SITE WAS LISTED.

• THE FOURTH MOST IMPORTANT THING I DID WAS TO ADD CONTENT TO MY PAGE. MY HOME PAGE HAS A LOT OF CONTENT ON IT. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE CLEANEST PAGE OUT THERE. REMEMBER THE INTERNET SPIDERS JUDGE YOUR SITE BY THE TYPE AND NUMBER OF WORDS AND PHRASES ON IT. THE MORE INFORMATION I HAD ABOUT “ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES” THE MORE I MOVED UP IN THE SEARCH ENGINES.

• I ADDED A BLOG. THE NUMBER ONE RULE IN SEO IS “CONTENT IS KING” A BLOG GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD KEYWORDS AND KEY PHRASE UNIQUE TO YOUR INDUSTRY. I MADE ATTEMPTS TO WRITE A BLOG POST AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY. YOUR POSTS SHOULD BE AS UNIQUE AS POSSIBLE. STEALING ARTICLES FROM OTHER SITES MAY HELP BUT INTERNET SPIDERS LIKE NEW CONTENT. WHEN WRITING I ALWAYS KEPT IN MIND THAT I WANTED TO INFORM THE WORLD. NOT ONLY POTENTIAL CLIENTS.

• I ADDED A RESOURCE PAGE. IN THE SPIRIT OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO MY READERS A RESOURCE PAGE ALLOWS YOU TO ADD LINKS TO OTHER SITES. LINKING TO OTHER SITE HELPS YOUR PAGE RANK MODERATELY. BUT BEING LINKED ON SOMEONE ELSES SITE CAN GREATLY HELP. LINK SHARING IS A POPULAR WAY TO SOAR IN THE SEARCH ENGINES.

• I ASKED POPULAR SITES AND BLOGS TO ADD MY URL. IF YOU ARE LINKED TO A POPULAR SITE (ESPECIALLY IF IT IS RELATED TO YOUR BUISNESS) YOUR ARE GOING TO RISE WITH THE TIDE. A POPULAR SITE HAS A PAGE RANK (PR) OF 1-3. IF INTERESTED I WILL LINK WITH YOU.

• I ADJUSTED MY METATAGS. METATAGS ARE FOUND ON THE BACK END OF YOUR SITE. THEY ARE HTML CODES USUALLY CALLED TITLE TAGS OR KEYWORD TAGS. YOUR META TAGS SHOULD MATCH THE KEYWORDS YOU THINK SEARCHERS ARE USING.

• I SUBMITTED MY SITE URL TO THE MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES.

• I TRY TO COMMENT ON THE BLOGS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN MY INDUSTRY OFTEN (ALWAYS SIGNING MY COMMENTS WITH MY BUSINESS NAME AND URL) COMMENTING ON BLOGS IS A GOOD WAY TO MEET PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY AND GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE. MAKE SURE YOUR COMMENTS ARE RELATIVE TO THE DISCUSSION AND DON’T GO OVER BOARD. IF YOU DO THIS IS CONSIDERED SPAMMING.

• I CREATED PRESS RELEASES. I MAKE IT A HABIT TO TRY AND PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT MY BUSINESS AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER. PRESS RELEASES ARE A GOOD WAY TO RISE TO THE TOP OF THE YAHOO SEARCH ENGINE.

• I SUBMITTED ARTICLES ON MY SUBJECT. YOU CAN FIND SEVERAL ARTICE SUBMIT SITES AND WRITE ARTICLES. ALWAYS SIGN END WITH YOUR BUISNESS NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND URL.

• I READ BOOKS ON MARKETING. THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF OUT THERE ABOUT MARKETING IN GENERAL. ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS IS SETH GODIN. HE HAS A BLOG.

• I READ EVERYTHING I COULD ON SEO (SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION) ONE OF MY FAVORITE WEBSITES IS SEOCHAT.COM

• I KEEP UP WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY BY USING GOOLGE ALERTS. GOOGLE ALERTS IS A FREE SERVICE FROM GOOGLE. WHENEVER SOMEONE WRITES A BLOG OR ARTICLE CONTAINING YOUR “KEYWORDS” THEY WILL SEND YOU A LINK TO YOUR EMAIL.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A 22 year old Torrance man was sentenced to 6 months of anger management classes on Monday. Joseph Storm pleaded no contest to the assault of proposition 8 supporter. Mr. Storm attacked the supporter with a Propostion 8 rally sign in addition to striking the supporter.

Proposition 8 was the controversal California measure that sought to terminate the rights of Gays and Lesbians to marry.

The Torrance Court which is located in Los Angeles County ordered the perpetrator to 7 days in jail, a six month anger management course, 100 hours of community service and 3 years probation.

Daybreak Counseling Service a Court approved anger management education center in Los Angeles County serves the South Bay and Torrance area through it Gardena location.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Reports are coming out that 19 year old R&B singer Chris Brown is now taking anger management classes after an alleged assualt of his 21 year old girl friend Rhianna. Rhianna is also a popular singer/entertainer.

I recently posted an article about motivation and anger management. In this article I discussed how internal motivation can cause someone to seek help regarding there anger. Internal motivation includes feelings such as "I can do better" or "I'm tired of living my life in anger"

There is some speculation that Chris Brown is only taking an anger management class as a Public Relation measure. Others say he is in an anger management course because he got caught. If these statement are true Chris is motivated by external motivations. The fear of jail time, loss of income and even the dissapointment of a love one can cause an individual to seek help. The important thing is that he is seeking help. No wrong can come from his involvement in anger management classes. It may be important for Rhianna to consider seeking professional help herself.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Shannon Munford M.A. has launched a new online anger management resource center. angermanagementvideo.net is an online video arcade for all things anger management. Videos range from the comedic to the academic. The website will offer a variety of anger management books, links and videos.

Mr. Munford created the website in an effort to amalgamate the numerous anger management providers, curriculums and ideas on the internet. Shannon Munford is the most visible provider of anger management in the nation. He and his representatives have appeared on national television shows such as Decision House, and MTV’s Real World Hollywood. He is the producer of the popular online game Lava Flow-The anger management game.

Mr. Munford invites anger management academics to share there knowledge and experience with one another and the community by submitting videos and articles to angermanagementvideo.net.

About Daybreak Counseling Service

Shannon Munford is the founder of Daybreak Counseling Service. He holds a Masters Degree in Marriage Family Therapy and is an expert in the field of anger management. Mr. Munford is a corporate consultant and has been a speaker at California State University Dominguez Hills. He is the owner of the popular blog Angry in L.A. For information about his anger management courses, or one on one individual sessions please visit http://www.daybreakservices.comTo view a variety of anger management videos visit http://www.angermanagementvideo.net